HoboKnight
2023-03-23, 10:30 AM
So, my party is doing well and I need to flesh out an ambient of a town, recuperating after several months long spell of insanity, hunger and extremely hard times.
Here is the story: during a spike of appearance of highly aggressive devils around the town and trade routes being completelly cut off or fiercely harrased due to devils popping out of portals left and right near roads and attacking/killing anything that moved, a coven of hags started working a large rural town. Devil-induced hardships made people more open to hag curses, there was a mass of murders, suicide, cannibalism, rape, child abuse, necrophilia, etc. Also, there was mass hunger. Community fell apart.
A group of hardy adventurers appeared, trashed the hags and PCs are now dead set on dealing with the devils.
All this will break a mass of curses which plagued the people and I want to, as adventurers return, present to my PCs vignettes, small events that reflect the ruined community healing. It was very grimdark so far and I need counterpoints. I'm good at darkness, but not so much at representing light.
What sights, sounds, events could represent the end of truly dark times?
Thanks
Here is the story: during a spike of appearance of highly aggressive devils around the town and trade routes being completelly cut off or fiercely harrased due to devils popping out of portals left and right near roads and attacking/killing anything that moved, a coven of hags started working a large rural town. Devil-induced hardships made people more open to hag curses, there was a mass of murders, suicide, cannibalism, rape, child abuse, necrophilia, etc. Also, there was mass hunger. Community fell apart.
A group of hardy adventurers appeared, trashed the hags and PCs are now dead set on dealing with the devils.
All this will break a mass of curses which plagued the people and I want to, as adventurers return, present to my PCs vignettes, small events that reflect the ruined community healing. It was very grimdark so far and I need counterpoints. I'm good at darkness, but not so much at representing light.
What sights, sounds, events could represent the end of truly dark times?
Thanks